Dig Diary – weather halts excavation (but post-ex produces a stunning bead from Structure Five)
After a week of sunshine, the weather took a turn for the worse today and excavation was cancelled. Read more
Category: Excavation
Dig Diary – Structure Ten produces the first decorated stone of the season
Archaeological work resumed on site today as diggers returned to most of the structures to check out the lay of the land. Read more
Diary extra – a visit from Glaitness primary pupils
A selection of photographs of today's visit by pupils from Glaitness Primary School in Kirkwall. Read more
Dig Diary – crowds flock to the Ness on our first day open to the public
The gates opened today and we were delighted to welcome over 500 visitors by lunchtime! Including over 300 for the first tour of the season. Read more
Diary extra – capturing the final uncovering in photographs
A selection of photographs from Tom O'Brien documenting the re-opening of the site. Read more
Dig Diary – Transforming black-shrouded trenches to spectacular archaeology
After a long, hard day, all the trenches are now uncovered and ready for excavation. Read more
Diary extra – time-lapse tyre removal
A short timelapse video from Lucy showing the tyres coming off Trench P. Read more
Dig Diary – glorious sunshine, tyres and trench covers…
A glorious day to start the 2024 season - albeit slightly too hot! Read more
Visiting the Ness this summer? A few important reminders…
If you're planning a trip to the Ness dig over the next few months, here's a few reminders... Read more
All set for 2024 – plans for the final season of fieldwork
With just days to go before we're back on site, we look at plans for the 2024 season. Read more
Updated site schematics ahead of this year’s dig
As final preparations for the 2024 season continue, here are some updated schematic diagrams of the three main trenches. Read more
2005 excavation DSR available to download
The latest in our series of Data Structure Reports (DSR) is now available, with the 2005 document free to download. Read more
‘We want to understand the people of the past’ – a video flashback to the summer of 2016
A flashback to 2016 with a beautiful short film produced by Evan Cobb and Aaron Phillips during their time at the Ness of Brodgar. Read more
Second open day added to 2024 excavation season
In a change to previous plans, we will be hosting two open days this summer - Sunday, July 14, and Sunday, August 4 - on site and at the Stenness school. Read more
Thursday throwback: excavation under way in Trench P in 2015
We've got a blast from the past this evening after recovering a forgotten (and assumed lost) cache of video footage from a defunct hard drive. Read more
2004 excavation report available to download
Earlier this year we posted the 2003 DSR and today the 2004 report is available to download. Read more
Scotland Outdoors at the Ness of Brodgar – podcast available now
One of the thousands of visitors this summer was Rachel Stewart, who was recording for the Scotland Outdoors podcast - released today. Read more
Drone photos from across the site
A superb selection of drone photos from Structure Eight team member Tom O’Brien.
Click on any image for an enlargement.… Read more
Diary Extra – The cover-up begins…
The work to start covering over the trenches for the winter got under way this morning and although we didn’t manage to complete all the structures, we made a great… Read more
